Episode 121 - Future Congresswoman Bri Woodson
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What inspired Bri Woodson to run for Congress?
Yeah, yo. Woke up in the morning and to God be the glory. Thankful for another day to tell my story. Put my opinions in the universe and let them orbit. I'm from the dirtest soul with a dirty mouth. Might need orbit. Miss thing things on me like a nigga Norbit. Had to refuse them cause my bitch no rest future. Shit gorgeous. As I dab my sons up and kiss my daughter forehead. Tell them we gonna get this money till my pockets morbid. Remember living in apartments. Now we playing
The district that you represent or the region, so to speak, that you represent is what? Augusta, Statesboro, Dublin.
What challenges does Bri face as a young Black woman in politics?
Oh, OK. So that side of Georgia, like part of Effingham County, which is part of Savannah, is halfway in my district. So I split districts in Wilkes and Effingham. It's a huge district.
It's like 22 counties. Yeah, yeah. Because I was going to say Augusta all the way down to down near Savannah. That's a lot of ground to cover. It's a lot of stretch, yeah. But also Augusta, a lot of people always talk about like how black Atlanta is. But like Augusta, Savannah, Macon, these super black places and everywhere in between.
Absolutely.
Yeah, you go to some of them places, it's like, ain't nothing but black folks out there. Even the rural counties. Exactly.
How does Bri plan to engage with her constituents?
Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, because my granny is from Thomaston, Georgia, and it's places in Thomaston you go, you ain't going to see no white folks out there. You know what I mean? And it's like that in a lot of rural spaces in Georgia. I think people confuse Atlanta with Georgia.
Yeah, absolutely. They don't understand like the the New South idea. Right. Like that's Atlanta. It's not all of it. Like I was I don't know what interview I was on recently, but I was explaining to someone how rural the district actually is. Like I was just at an event maybe two months ago. And, you know, it's nothing to pass by Confederate flags and cotton fields. And in the interview, she was so shocked. I was like.
What are the pressing issues in Bri's district?
what do you think Georgia is?
This is super regular. That's the standard. It's actually still an industry. Cotton is an industry. When I was driving trucks, I would go all up and down Alabama, all up and down Georgia, haul cotton to Savannah, to the port to be shipped out overseas to be processed.
Absolutely.
It's like a booming industry, actually. It's just not people manually picking it anymore.
It's a little different these days.
You know what I'm saying? We didn't do away with it.
Yeah. Kind of like slavery, right?
You didn't necessarily do away with it.
How does Bri address healthcare access in rural areas?
Just kind of reworded it a little bit. Yeah, a little 13th Amendment. No big deal. Yeah, a little flip-a-roo. Yeah. So, how are you, though? How's things been? This is big. You're how old? 31. 31? Yeah, I'll be 32 in March. So, yeah, you're extremely young to be running for Congress, typically.
Yeah, as it stands right now, I'm the youngest Black woman in Georgia history to run for Congress, so...
Shout out, man.
What role does mental health play in Bri's campaign?
Somebody got to do it first. Somebody. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. What is the reception been? Not only in your district, but just I know that a lot of these congressional meetings, you'll be meeting with people from all other districts as well.
Absolutely.
What has been the reception when people meet you?
Things have been good. Things have been really good in the district. I have a couple of events coming up, community based events. So I'm really excited about that to get more feedback and input at the same time. But the online reception has been insane. I do kind of have a little cheat code, though, because I was already a content creator as under the controversial bond first. So I had a platform of like 100K, not a huge one, but a platform nonetheless.
How does Bri plan to use social media in her campaign?
Right. Absolutely. And so people recognize like, oh, she's a girl that talks about black history on TikTok. And so. the whole Tori Branham ice Hyundai plant situation. So when that happened, I was like, isn't somebody gonna run against her? And then everybody in my comments were like, you do it. And so I made another video and I said, would y'all support me? And I got like 80,000 likes on that video.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What inspired Bri Woodson to run for Congress?
0:05–0:43
2
What challenges does Bri face as a young Black woman in politics?
0:43–1:24
3
How does Bri plan to engage with her constituents?
1:24–2:03
4
What are the pressing issues in Bri's district?
2:03–2:42
5
How does Bri address healthcare access in rural areas?
2:42–3:09
6
What role does mental health play in Bri's campaign?
3:09–3:51
7
How does Bri plan to use social media in her campaign?
3:51–4:36
8
What message does Bri want to convey to her supporters?
4:36–1:15:45